New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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New York, New York
James Farley Post Office Museum
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Corbett, Oregon
Multnomah Falls
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Austin, Texas
Cathedral of Junk
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
Toy Joy
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
Uncommon Objects
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
Austin Moonlight Towers
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Cabazon, California
Cabazon Dinosaurs
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Dixon, California
Cool Patch Pumpkins Corn Maze
This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.
San Francisco, California
Pier 22½ & the SFFD Fire Boats
Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.
San Francisco, California
Treasure Island Naval History Mural
An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.
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San Francisco, California
Yerba Buena Tower
Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.
San Francisco, California
Bourbon & Branch
A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.
San Francisco, California
Treasure Island
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
The Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Francisco, California
Lotta's Fountain
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
Columbia, Maryland
The Enchanted Forest Pine Tree Maze at Clark's Elioak Farm
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
New York, New York
New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
New York, New York
Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
